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The Department of Mass Communication at Georgia College & State University values its relationship with alumni. This newsletter highlights the achivements within the program and spotlights work the students do later as they enter the workforce.

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Page 1: MSCM Alumni Newsletter Fall 2009: The Headliners

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Page 2: MSCM Alumni Newsletter Fall 2009: The Headliners

Dr. Land attended the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass

Communication (AEJMC) Conference, a professional national conference for

educators, this August in Boston. She sat on a panel about managing a small mass

communication program. She also took a group of students to the Advertising

Women of New York Conference; the students were able to meet professionals of

the advertising world in the New York area and attend workshops on portfolio and

resume building presented by New York advertising professionals.

On a more personal note, Dr. Land is officially a grandmother of a healthy new

grandson named Jackson.

Greetings, alumni and friends! We hope you enjoy the Fall 2009 newsletter!

Dr. Mary Jean Land

Dr. Ginger Carter Miller

Faculty

Dr. Miller is excited about the national first and second place wins by students

in her PR Campaigns class in the national CW/PRSSA Campaign contest! She

advises Bobcat PRSSA, and has been learning about social media in Public

Relations. Last summer, she attended the Edelman Digital Summit in Washington,

D.C., and went to AEJMC, where she was elected vice-chair of the Small

Programs Interest Group and is serving as co-PFR chair of the Public Relations

Division. Her PR Writing students planned the Mass Comm Mixer and the PR

Administration students coordinated Baldwin County’s Relay for Life campaign.

DEPARTMENT CHAIR, PROFESSOR OF MASS COMMUNICATION ! 478-445-8260 ! [email protected]

PROFESSOR OF MASS COMMUNICATION ! 478-445-8257 [email protected]

Our first full semester as a department has been eventful!

We’ve done everything from traveling, to winning awards,

to nearly breaking a world record.

We’ve made tremendous strides towards several of our

departmental goals. One of our main goals for this year is

to increase our presence as a department throughout the re-

gion and nation. Students helped us make progress towards

that goal. The Bobcat PRSSA teams won first and second

place at the National CW/PRSSA Competition.

Faculty attended a number of national conferences includ-

ing Professor Price’s trip to Chicago, where he presented

on the future of media literacy at the National Communi-

cation Association, and Professor McMichael’s trip to the

University of Texas to conduct research on Ernest Heming-

way. Faculty members Angela Criscoe and Macon McGin-

ley accompanied The Colonnade and WGUR students to a

student media conference in Austin. Dr. Carter Miller spent

two days in Washington, D.C at a seminar on social media,

and I took advertising students to New York where we had

the opportunity to tour MediaEdge, the number one media

buying agency in the United States

Another goal we set is to examine and make necessary

changes to improve our curriculum. We’re proposing to of-

fer our research course on a junior level, reorganize Senior

Seminar into a portfolio/career course, and improve our

internship requirement by making it a three hour course.

And Telecommunications is making curriculum changes

to give students more writing opportunities throughout the

sequence.

A number of alumni have come on campus to speak to

classes or other student groups. A special thank you to Kel-

li Massey, Christa Murphy, Jena Simonds, Ali MacLaren,

Rebecca Cline, and Wade Johnson for sharing their exper-

tise with our students.

Hope to see more of you next semester.

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Angela Criscoe continued the semester conference she developed for WGUR

in January this year with its follow-up in August. The next will take place in

January. Recently, she accompanied five students from WGUR to Austin, Texas

to attend the College Media Advisers Conference. She is currently collaborating

with Stephen Price to update the class sequence and curriculum for the

Telecommunications concentration. Criscoe continues her work as the hands-on

adviser to student radio station WGUR.

Macon McGinley, Adviser to The Colonnade, has been working on two events:

A “sign away your First Amendment rights” lunch and the “Rock, Colonnade,

Scissors” Tournament. At the lunch, students were offered free lunch to sign away

their First Amendment rights to demonstrate a society without free speech. The

“Rock, Colonnade, Scissors” Tournament was held in order to break the Guinness

World Record for the largest Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament. The publishers

of Georgia Music Magazine worked recently with her Newspaper Design class

regarding ad design.

Pate McMichael taught a magazine writing class this summer. He also travelled

to Mexico. In addition to publishing an article on the Union Point Railroad,

he spoke at two Hispanic Month Symposiums on his magazine articles about

immigration in Georgia. He recently won a Silver Gamma from Magazine

Association of the Southeast for his five-part series on immigrants. He was also

named a finalist for the 2008 Livingston Award, a prestigious award for young

journalists. Next spring, McMichael will begin teaching Mass Media Law for the

first time.

W. Pate McMichael

Stephen Price continues to serve as Faculty Adviser for GCTV and its changes

in format to involve more feature stories. He recently attended the National

Communication Association Conference and presented two papers. One was on

Alternative Classroom Assessment, and the other was about Media Literacy as

a foundation for Media Production. Price taught a special topics class over the

summer on Documentary History, and will teach Theory and Performance for the

Broadcast Media for the upcoming summer session.

Stephen Price

Macon McGinley

Angela Criscoe

Student NewFaculty

INSTRUCTOR ! 478-445-8255 ! [email protected]

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ! 478-445-8259 ! [email protected]

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ! 478-445-8258 ! [email protected]

INSTRUCTOR ! 478-445-8256 ! [email protected]

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By:ShannonTwomey

Out of about 320 students in the MSCM

program, one person is in charge of getting

them into the program and guiding them

into the concentrations of their choice:

Hope Buchanan.

“She’s one of the best additions we’ve

had to the department,” said Dr. Mary

Jean Land. “She does a wonderful job

managing and advising the pre-mass

comm. majors.”

Hope Buchanan is the pre-mass

communication adviser at GCSU and has

been now for the past 2 years. She gives

guidance to 250 pre-mass communication

students as they make the decision to

join the major. Buchanan helps these

students register, stay on track with

core requirements, and makes sure all

prerequisite classes are satisfied in order

to get into the concentration of their

choice. She also leads freshman seminar

at GCSU and plays a big part in guiding

students through the application process

by making sure students are conscious of

the competition.

“Academics are extremely important,”

Buchanan said, “and I make sure the

students are aware that the mean GPA is

between a 3.2 to a 3.3.”

Along with the student’s GPA being

a large deciding factor, the concentration

that a student is interested in also plays

a role in the competitiveness of the

application process.

“I enjoy working with the students. I

enjoy the faculty. It is important to have

someone knowledgeable of the degree

and its requirements to talk to as a pre-

mass comm. student,” she said.

Get any page as a poster

for only $5 www.issuu.com/colonnade

Hope Buchanan, right, meets with one of her

many pre-mass communication advisees.

The guiding light for Pre-Mass Comm students

Take Notes!Two GCSU

alumnae visit advertising class Fall 09

to offer real-world advice to students

seeking careers in the field .

Kelli Massey

CHRISTA MURPHY

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Fall ‘09 Hosting Schedule

Mon. - Christyn Farrell &

Tyler Maltos

Tue. - Christi Wright, Zane Wind

& Desiree Marney

Wed. - Ben Elliott &

Sarah Lutrell

Thu. - Lauren Dalton, Ryan Barr,

& Danielle Allison

Fri. - Bryan Smith &

Rochelle Smalls

When to Listen

Wake up with Thunder

is on Monday through

Friday. DJ’s are live from

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM, and

plays again from 9:30

AM - 11:00 AM.Listen online at gcsuradio.com

By: Brittni Collins

GCTV News, formerly MBC – 4, has moved

away from a hard news only format to include

a more appealing and laid back feature style

that can be compared to popular news formats

such as The Today Show.

Producers Dustin Wilson, Kristen Hall, and Michael

Wiggs were inspired by the students at GCSU to generate

a show that would be better recognized on campus and in

the Milledgeville community. The live in-studio format still

incorporates hard news anchored by Rochelle Smalls, a

junior mass communication student at GCSU.

Smalls said she “truly enjoys the great learning opportunity”

GCTV adds to her college experience and “the level of

professionalism which inspires the station to push

v for greatness in the future.”

w In addition to hard news, the producers added a feature section,

a weather segment, and an “In Your Backyard” segment that

highlights Milledgeville interests, campus interests, fashions,

and sports.In these additions student involvement is encouraged

and the packages are shot out of studio in order to directly relate

to the college and community.

Stephen Price, executive producer of GCTV and assistant

professor of mass communication, said “I hope to make this

show beyond just news. Our ultimate goal is to connect with

the students and bring news that matters to you.”

Student New

Students film a feature holiday segment.

GCTV mixes it up with new show format

Department News

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Students in Writing for Public

Relations and the Newspaper

Design classes work together

to write, edit, and design this

newsletter.

Awards

Members of winning team from left to right: Yasmiene Davis, Tyler Bryant,

Bailey Abercrombie, Claire Dykes, Heather Raines, Katie Farmer, Lauren

Chandley.

PRSSA wins first, second

place in National Competition

Students enjoy a fashion show and local vendors at Ladies

Lawn Night.

wo teams from GCSU’s Bobcat PRSSA won first

and second place in the CW Network/PRSSA national

contest to promote awareness of the shows “90210”

and “Melrose Place.”

The teams, which are in the PR campaigns class,

participated against schools from across the country.

The competition was open to any current members

of PRSSA, and the winners were announced at the

PRSSA National Awards Banquet in San Diego.

Each team had to plan an all-day event around the CW

shows, promote the event, execute the event and put

together a campaign book to highlight the results.

First place went to “Ladies Lawn Night,” an elegant

event on the lawn of GCSU designed especially for

the young women on the campus of GCSU. The group

implemented the event by using a fashion show with

clothes from a local boutique, a live jazz band, Breast

Cancer awareness activities, a trunk sale, a profes-

sional make-up artist, tons of prizes and ending the

evening with both shows displayed on a big screen.

“It was great to see so many girls with their blankets

out on the lawn. Our goal was for girls to go away

from the evening not only remembering the outstand-

ing time they had at ‘Ladies Lawn Night,’ but the two

shows that made the entire event come together,” said

team captain Heather Raines. Her team members

were Lauren Chandley, Ann Cole and Katie Farmer.

Second place went to “What’s Your Scandal,” a

murder mystery evening created by team leader Bai-

ley Abercrombie, Tyler Bryant, Yasmiene Davis and

Claire Dykes.

“I am extremely proud of the teams,” Dr. Ginger

Carter Miller, the campaign teams’ public relations

professor and faculty adviser for Bobcat PRSSA,

said, “This is Bobcat PRSSA’s first time completing

an entry into a national competition in PRSSA, and

the entire chapter is thrilled with the success!”

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The Colonnade, WGUR take AustinBy Lauren Gilbert

Student media staff members enjoyed Austin, Texas, host of the 88th Annual National College Media Conven-tion from Oct. 29th - Oct. 31st.

Members of The Colonnade and WGUR 88.9 FM rep-resented the school and attended the various sessions and forums held by top professionals from media and colleg-es around the country. The students and faculty got valu-able, hands-on experience in their specific media outlets, as well as insight into the job market.

“While in Austin, I felt that I had many different expe-riences. The most enjoyable part was the opportunity to network with radio experts and other stations to bounce ideas about the overall image and direction of the sta-tion,” said Ben Elliot of WGUR.

Members of The Colonnade attended many sessions that dealt with internship opportunities. They also en-joyed having the paper critiqued by other advisers at the conference. This opportunity allowed The Colonnade’s editor-in-chief Claire Dykes and the other staff members to receive additional insight valuable in continuing to improve the award-winning paper.

Students who attended the conference say they also gained helpful information about creating a resume and finding a great internship.

“There were a lot of good sessions at this conference and I learned a lot; not only about writing, but the new ways to improve our advertising and expand to a broad-er audience of clients,” said Elise Colcord, advertising manager for The Colonnade.

The conference was a great place for students to learn more about the media, as well as learn about Austin and the culture of Texas, and to ultimitely learn more about themselves.

Travel

By Angela Lockard

Chelsea Moss, Katie Farmer, and Marianna Miller traveled

to New York City Nov. 12 - Nov. 15 to attend a conference

sponsored by Advertising Women of New York with Dr. Mary

Jean Land in a trip funded in part by MSCM T-shirt sales.

This conference provided college students from all over the

United States a chance to attend workshops with some of the

country’s top public relation and advertising professionals.

To raise money for the trip students designed and sold MSCM

T-shirts and wrote articles for Central Insurance Group for a

$500 donation.

One of the exciting parts of the trip was getting the oppor-

tunity to catch up with three former GCSU students who cur-

rently live in New York. Josh Fulmer of Men’s Journal, Tyler

Flowers of the Today show, and Alana Llewellyn interning

with Town & Country went to dinner with the students and

shared valuable firsthand experience of making it in the city.

During the first panel, students participated in a frank dis-

cussion on how the job market is evolving. The students also

attended a workshop where they had individual time with a

business professional who evaluated their resumes.

Ad students visit NYCFrom left to right; Alana Llewellyn, Tyler Flowers, Marianna Miller, Josh Fulmer, Chelsea Moss, and Katie Farmer.

I LOVE MSCM T-shirts

are for sale Monday

through Thursday in

Terrell Hall 211 from 8

a.m.-12 p.m. or via email

tommie.benton@gcsu.

edu. Proceeds benefit the

program. Just $12 each.

Claire Kersey and Katelin Hebert navigate thier way around Austin.

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‘Rock, Colonnade, Scissors’ TournamentThe Colonnade brought 751 students,

faculty, and staff together in the Guinness World Record™ try for the “Largest Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament” on Nov. 11. Just 43 people shy of setting a new record, the attempt filled the college’s Front Campus with cheering competitors and spectators.

The current record of 793 participants was set at Brigham Young University on April 11, 2008.

Senior public relations major Lyric Burnett worked tirelessly to organize the event for her practicum with the student newspaper.

“My roommate and I were trying to think of an event I could do to promote The Colonnade,” Burnett said. “We thought a rock-paper-scissors tournament would be perfect.”

As the tournament began, each player was given a raffle ticket. Players who won two out of three collected the loser’s ticket. Then, players would move on to find another partner. The last man standing, who had the most raffle ticket, was declared the winner.

Burnett was heard on the microphone over the crowd as the last few rounds became exciting. Crowds of people watched from outside the tape as the last eight teams dwindled down to just two people. People were screaming for the competitors as the last round was played.

Sophomore Taylor Howard won the competition. She said her practice at camp tournaments and waiting in line has paid off.

She said her strategy was throwing “rock” first because most people throw “scissors.”

“I was shocked,” Howard said. “Everyone just kept screaming every time I won, I just kept laughing. I didn’t want to lose and I knew I would be so disappointed if I lost.”

As the champion, Howard received a $100 gift card to the PawPrints Bookstore, a T-shirt for attempting to break the world

record and a “Campus Life is Good” T-shirt.

Junior and runner-up Tim Bosch said the tournament was really exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. After hearing about the tournament, Bosch decided he wanted to be involved.

“This is a great way to inform students, faculty, and staff of their news source on campus,” said mass communication major Claire Dykes, editor-in-chief of The

Colonnade, “and to encourage them to pick up a Colonnade at the event.”

Seven local newspapers, radio stations and television stations documented the tournament. Although the record was not beaten, the event was deemed a success because more than 700 people show up on an otherwise gloomy, cold November afternoon.

Be Here: Upcoming MSCM Events-Friday, Feb. 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.: GCPA “Better Newspaper Contest” Awards Luncheon in Athens

-Saturday, Feb. 20: Alumni Weekend: MSCM Reception in Terrell 114

-Friday, April 16: MSCM Senior Luncheon

Above: MSCM

major and event

coordinator Lyric

Burnett cheers on the

competitors as the

tournament winds

down into the final

pairs.

Left: Junior Heather

Luyk and senior

Bren Thomas

compete for the

title of tournament

champion along with

749 other students,

faculty and staff.

Campus Involvement

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Public Relations Day:

Student New

On Nov. 4, GCSU students learned tips to success in their first job and hints for

the interviewing process at PR Day. The event, hosted by PRSSA, was held in the university’s Museum Education room. “PR Day was a tremendous opportunity for PR professionals to connect with students,” said Jena Simonds, a GCSU alumna. “As speakers, we hope to have provided new insights and helpful hints to make the transition into the working world easier.” Four public relations professionals: Cristy Williams, Jena Simonds, Katherine Ma-son, and keynote speaker Bert DuMars,

lead one hour sessions about their expe-rience and gave insight into the world of public relations.All students were welcomed to attend, network, and learn new developments in the industry as well as skills for attaining an internship. “I really enjoyed PR day,” Keri Allgood, senior PR concentration, said. “I learned a lot about the importance of constructing a good portfolio, professional attire and also staying true to myself. After today, I feel extremely motivated to press on into the PR world!” Students learned many tips and skills such

as what being a professional entails, how to dress the part, related computer pro-grams, resume building, and the impor-tance of branding themselves.“We held PR Day to give students the op-portunity to network with PR profession-als and learn about possible internship opportunities and to learn about what to expect from future jobs and internships,” Beth Benton, GCSU’s PRSSA President, said. “With the economy the way it is, the job market is very competitive. This of-fered students an excellent opportunity to learn valuable career skills without even leaving the GCSU campus.”

n Oct. 21, The Colonnade gave students the opportunity to understand

the importance of their First Amendment rights through their First Amendment Free Food Festival. From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., students could give away their rights in order to get free food. The project, initially created by the Society of Professional Journalists, has also been presented at six other college campuses across the country.

“This is the first time that our newspaper has done anything like this and we hope to make a big impact in the way people view the First Amendment,” said Claire Dykes, editor-in-chief of The Colonnade.

According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, one out of four U.S. college students do not know their First Amendment freedoms. The goal of the event was to help students appreciate these rights.

At the event, over 100 students gave away their First Amendment rights and were taken to the fictional nation of “The People’s Republic Kingdom of GCSU” which was ruled by dictators and their “goons”. Participants were given an armband and a card and could only talk about the subject written on their card. No one was able to petition, assemble, or express their own religion. Any citizen

who did not follow these rules was removed from the festival indefinitely.

“It was really an insightful experience, because I didn’t realize how many rights we had that could have been taken away just by that First Amendment,” said James Latty, a junior biology major at GCSU.

As for the food, provided by the event sponsors Sodexo and World of Wings, citizens were given pizza, wings, or refried beans. Other organizations involved with the free speech event were Sigma Alpha Omega, The Debate Society, WGUR, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

First Amendment Free Food Festival

Professionals visit campus to give insight to current PR students and PR hopefuls

Left: “The People’s Republic Kingdom of GCSU” dictators.Right: Dictator Lyric Burnett exercises power over a student without rights.

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Campus Involvement

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Student Updates

Abercrombie, Bailey Plaza Arts Center

Argo, April Points North Magazine

Bachman, Blaire Veranda Magazine

Barron, Katherine Star 94 WSTR/Atlanta

Boyd, Lauren Hobo International

Bryant, Tyler Museum of Aviation

Cepero, Amanda Maverick Publicity

Chandley, Lauren WSB-TV

Collins, Kyle Ascension Design Group

Couch, Ross GMC-Public Relations

Davis, Yasmiene Office Max

Dickstein, Corey The Savannah Morning News

Edwards, Lauren Athens Area CofC

Farmer, Katherine Salesnet

Ferrell, Hayley Henry County

Funk, Kelsie Eatonton/Putnam CofC

Gish, Erin Georgia Backroads Magaine

Hobby, Deanna WGXA-TV/Fox 24

Huston, Katie Mainstreet Newspapers

Kelly, Andy FOX 5 Atlanta

Khosravi, Pendar Fox Sports Net

Llewellyn, Alana Town & Country Magazine

Massey, Kelli Gwinnett Medical Center

Miles, Amanda New City Church Downtown

Moss, Chelsea LocumTenens.com

Murphy, Ashley Baldwin County CVB

Murphy, Christa Stakkeddesigns, LLC

Murray, Lauren Van Horne Manor

Noble, Randi Roswell City Television

Odom, James Adventure Radio

Pickworth, John Z-97

Pugh, Ashley The Walt Disney Company

Raines, Heather Corporate Events and Meetings

Roebuck, Tamalyn Houston County BOE

Sandow, Lee The Covington News

Troutman, Daniel FOX 24 News/WGXA-TV

vanRossum, Cooper Georgia Music Magazine

Versulys, Lynn Lavender Castle

Wilson, Chelsea Philadelphia Force

Wilson, Dustin WRCB-TV

Zehner, Mary Operation Christmas Child

Former GCSU anchor steps into real world role

Adam Hammond, anchor of the 10 p.m. newscast for FOX 24 News in Macon, graduated from GCSU in 2008. A mass communication minor, Hammond was the anchor for the campus news program MBC-4, now GCTV. He recommends anyone interested in the broadcast field to participate in the campus news pro-gram which is now GCTV. “Anchoring for MBC 4 gave me real life experience with great equipment and taught me fun-damental principles that I use everyday,” he said.

“One of my favorite parts of this job is that it gives me an opportunity to teach viewers about the world they live in and how they can make a difference in it.” Even out of studio, Hammond works hard to improve his community. His job also gives him the opportunity to travel to schools in Middle Georgia and tell students about the importance of a good education. From anchoring campus news to making a difference in Macon, Adam Hammond says he was happy to get his start at Georgia College.

Hammond, a 2008 graduate of GCSU, is one

of the faces of FOX 24 News in Macon.

MSCM students intern all over the country summer and fall 2009 to fulfill their one-hour internship requirement. Name Company

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Campus construction The Student Government

Association approved a gradu-

ated student fee for a 10,000

square foot wellness center at

West Campus. Construction is

scheduled to begin April 2010

and forecasted for completion

late November 2011.

Herty Hall is currently under-

going construction for a new

16,000 square foot annex. The

addition will take the place of

the gravel parking lot next to

Herty and will provide the sci-

ence department with laborato-

ries, classrooms, and offices.

The Parks-Memorial building,

also known as Health Sciences

reopened this fall after major

renovations. The interior is

now fitted with the Movement

Lab, the Exercise Science Lab,

the Athletic Training Lab and

the Nursing Skills Lab

which all feature new

high-tech equipment.

Philip Joiner, an alumnus

of GCSU, was elected new

representative for City

Council District 4 in Fall

09. He won 71.8 percent of

the vote with 298 votes in a

three-way race. He will take

office in January 2010.

Fall 09, Wendell Staton

became GCSU’s sixth

athletic director in its

40-year athletic history.

He arrived just after the

Bobcats captured their

first-ever Peach Belt

Commissioner’s Cup.

Students face higher fees

and faculty undergo furlough

days as the University System

of Georgia-wide budget cut

increases from 6 percent to

8 percent. The state Board of

Regents unanimously voted to

double the orginal $100 man-

datory student fee starting in

January. GCSU students along

with other Georgia research

universities, will be charged

the $200 each semester until

June 2012 when the fee will be

voted on again.

Alumni & Deep Roots Festival Boost

Downtown Milledgeville Economy

People to Know

Increased fees due to budget

Alumni of GCSU con-

tinue to liven up down-

town by taking up the

challenge of starting their

own business. This year

Asian Bistro and Grill

and Aubri Lanes joined

the scene offering tasty

cuisines along with Ex-

trordiNailry Salon & Spa

which provides a relaxing

atmosphere to all guests.

In addition, The Sixth

Annual Sweetwater Fes-

tival is officially renamed

The Deep Roots Festival

because of the lawsuit

SweetWater Brewing Co.

filed for rights to the name.

Milledgeville Mainstreet

committee decided not to

defend the name in court

because of the mounting

legal fees.

Wendell Staton

Philip Joiner

Milledgeville News

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